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Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C.

Father Wilfred J. Raymond, C.S.C. (Father Willy), a native of Old Town, Maine, is the eighth of 12 children. He joined the Congregation of Holy Cross in 1964 and was ordained to the priesthood in 1971. He earned a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Stonehill College in 1967 and a master’s in Theology from the University of Notre Dame in 1971. He served in ministry at Stonehill College (1979-1992), Holy Cross leadership (1994-2000), National Director of Family Theater Productions, Hollywood (2000-2014), and President of Holy Cross Family Ministries (2014-2022). In addition to English, he is conversant in French and Spanish. He remains a diehard fan of the Boston Red Sox, even though he has served as Chaplain for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Celebrating family life

Day 3 - Novena of Prayer for Families

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. January 3rd, 2021

Please join our community around the world in praying this novena for your family and all families. We do this for the nine days leading up to Venerable Patrick Peyton's anniversary of birth on January 9 in gratitude for his memory and timeless message to all families, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together."

Celebrating family life

Day 2 - Novena of Prayer for Families

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. January 2nd, 2021

Please join our community around the world in praying this novena for your family and all families. We do this for the nine days leading up to Venerable Patrick Peyton's anniversary of birth on January 9 in gratitude for his memory and timeless message to all families, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together."

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Solemnity Of Mary, Mother Of God: New Year's Day 2021

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. January 1st, 2021

Does my story about the frogs sound like last year’s resolutions? Great inspiration and great resolutions, but oftentimes we only decide, and months later, we are still on the same limb of doing nothing.

Celebrating family life

Day 1 - Novena of Prayer for Families

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. January 1st, 2021

Please join our community around the world in praying this novena for your family and all families. We do this for the nine days leading up to Venerable Patrick Peyton's anniversary of birth on January 9 in gratitude for his memory and timeless message to all families, "The Family That Prays Together Stays Together."

A Novena Prayer For Families: Video Message From Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C.

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. December 30th, 2020

Friends - There is a splendid, magnificent, grace-filled, experiment you might want to know about and possibly take up in the New Year. It is called a NOVENA, a nine-day exercise in prayer that just might change the trajectory of your spiritual life for the better in 2021.

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So That The Thoughts Of Many Hearts May Be Revealed: Family Reflection Video

By: Father Willy Raymond, C.S.C. December 30th, 2020

"So that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." What could that phrase possibly mean? For a poor couple like Mary and Joseph, it was a joy to bring their first born son to the temple to be offered to God. We know they were poor because a sacrifice of two turtledoves was the typical offering of the poor at the time. In the temple, Mary and Joseph encounter an elderly man named Simeon and an elderly widow named Anna...